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My vision fades to black, as I get the sensation of being pulled
under a thick liquid. When my vision returns, the world's color
is gone. In its place is a land of greyscale, and everyone else
isn't moving.

"What's happened?" I wonder aloud.

A deep echoing chuckle is the response I receive, and my reaction
is to shudder. The voice which made that laugh sounded far from
human, it sounded like that of a dragon. I turn to look at the
entity behind me, and I behold a huge dragon.

"Who- WHAT are you? I've never seen a dragon like you before!
Even a black dragon is nowhere near as dark in color as you!" I
speak the truth, this dragon is devoid of all color, and the only
color stands out sharply: his eyes. His armored, shadowy form
barely holds itself together, as though he is made of mere smoke.

His reply is like a thousand blazing braziers burning through the
air: "I am Anoun, the great Spirit Dragon of Darkness."

My wonderful dark twin who Alexander insists I don't associate
myself with slowly appears next to him. I consider his words, and
wonder why he is so upset about it anyway.

"You have been brought here by us to discuss something of dire
importance. These… Dialadect that Alexander and Yashin have
spoken of, they are far more dangerous than anyone could ever
begin to imagine. They are a race we hoped would be one day
forgotten. After all, their name means, 'The Banished Ones'. Not
only do they threaten the world now, but they have caused many
troubles for the gods. They destroyed the Towers of Torik; there
is no question of this. However, their history with Aladoria goes
back much further. This is the second Chaos War in all of
history. The first happened in the planet's youth, although even
I don't remember much about it. The world took many thousands of
years to heal from those scars."

"So they have been causing trouble for a while?"

The dragon spirit slowly nods. "It is important that you trust
yourself …Danica, Crown." He pauses before saying my name, which
interests me.

"If you don't learn to trust yourself, you won't be able to
defeat this evil." He gestures to my Darkness, standing beside
him. "Although, be mindful that she is not like your typical
darkness. There is much more to her than one would realize."

He looks at me. "Do not doubt yourself, but do not trust your own
power to the point of foolishness. Much of this world's troubles
have resulted from a mortal's foolish belief that their power
made them invincible to consequence and reality. That is why I
have brought you here. And one more thing, seek out the Red
Dragonflight leader, Cahroun. He will be vital to getting the
dragons on your side, as well as uniting them against the forces
of Chaos, for they are long divided by hate and jealousy."

I nod. "Cahroun, I'll remember it, thank you, Anoun."

He chuckles wearily. "I wouldn't thank me… not yet. Be careful,
for Darkness is a power few can learn to control."

His body fades, and everything else begins to blur. The last
thing I see of the Spirit World is my twin giving me a playful
wink.

"We'll keep in touch."

Great… looking forward to it…

And with that, I awaken from my trip into the land of spirits and
return to the living. I look to the far west, where the might
Dragonfang Mountains await, far from sight. Historically, dragons
have maintained a strict border with the mountains, prohibiting
any from crossing beyond their foothills. Any attempt to do so
has always led to retaliation of the most severe. Even with our
advanced technology, we cannot defend from a sudden dragon
assault.

If I am to succeed, I must cross over into the Land of the
Dragons, a land unseen since ancient times.